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But we do know why, it's just not simple. The atoms interact with one another because of a variety of fundamental forces, but since there can be hundreds of tho
by Invictus0 2y ago
But we do know why, it's just not simple. The atoms interact with one another because of a variety of fundamental forces, but since there can be hundreds of thousands of atoms in a single protein, it's plainly beyond human comprehension to explain why it folds the way it does, one fundamental force interaction at a time.
- variadix 2y agoFair. I guess the interesting thing for protein folding research then is that there appears to be a way to approximate/simplify the calculations required to predict folding patterns that doesn’t require the precision of existing folding models and software. In essence, AlphaFold is an existence proof that there should be a way to model protein folding more efficiently.
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